Yemenis forcefully recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine

Ahmad, a young man from Yemen whose name has been changed for safety reasons, was recruited by an intermediary for a supposedly well-paid job in Russia.

But instead of working in a Russian coal mine, he found himself, against his will, on the front line in the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.

Other Yemeni witnesses told DW similar stories. They reported that a group of 24 friends and acquaintances had been lured to Russia with false promises of work. Once in the country, the Yemenis were sent to fight in the Russian-Ukrainian war.